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Gaps in ethics on the High Court lead to extreme rulings. No justice is more tainted than Clarence Thomas

WASHINGTON — Ongoing scrutiny of Justice Clarence Thomas has drawn yet another Dallas billionaire into the spotlight — though unlike real estate magnate Harlan Crow, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is hardly averse to publicity.

Ethical concerns are swirling around the nation’s highest court, centering on Clarence Thomas and other conservative justices

Records obtained by The Associated Press show that Supreme Court justices have attended publicly funded events at colleges and universities that allowed the schools to put the justices in the room with influential donors, including some whose industries have had interests before the court

Ro Khanna of California wants John Roberts’ account of controversies besetting the ‘out of touch’ court

The Supreme Court may be beginning its summer recess, but the furor over the justices’ ethical lapses is still gathering steam. We now know that both Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have gone on lavish vacations with court litigants without disclosing the trips or recusing themselves from their benefactors’…

Seductions of wealth don’t necessitate a quid pro quo

The problem for the justices is that all the recent ethics stories — and more — are a corrosive drip, drip, drip, eroding public confidence in the court.

Sheldon Whitehouse says recent court may be undergoing a ‘course correction’ following backlash to its extremist ruling and ethics scandals

"Endless drip" of Supreme Court dealings "underscores the need for reform," group says

Finance committee focusing on tax treatment of billionaire mega-donor’s gifts to supreme court justice